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Post by mauibravefan on Jan 6, 2020 22:49:15 GMT -5
Donaldson's stock has taken a big hit since I released my study on how stiff he is. He'll be lucky to get a contract at all now. No, he will just promise to stop taking viagra |
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Post by Hart's Middle Finger on Jan 7, 2020 0:03:37 GMT -5
If we look at it like that, for all we know the Braves offered a competitive offer and Grandal’s agent never called back because he needs to play ST in Arizona; which the ChiSox do. Happy wife, happy life. He clear would have been cheaper, tho. Players say one thing but they almost always go where the most money is offered. So even if we would have had to pay $80M to actually get him, I think it would have been a lot better option.
I'm not even trying to say I'm being rational, it just sticks in my craw because I thought Grandal was the way to go all along. We needed a catcher really badly, worse than a 3B, and he covered the spot behind Freddie too. And would have been cheaper than JD. I just think it sucks that to me Grandal was a better fit for our needs and somebody else got him for what could be $37M less than we sign JD for.
Dude... I feel ya on this. I campaigned all the time for a catcher. I wanted to try for Realmuto and then go Grandal if the price was too high. Funny thing though that some here poo-poo'ed my desire for a catcher which would have somewhat eliminated our desire to take a risk with JD. |
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Post by Hart's Middle Finger on Jan 7, 2020 0:05:54 GMT -5
Donaldson's stock has taken a big hit since I released my study on how stiff he is. He'll be lucky to get a contract at all now. lolol he's still going to get a contract that is probably a risk for the club offering it, and your stiff comments were hardly a study... more like something made up on a whim. |
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Post by Fumbduckery on Jan 7, 2020 0:18:50 GMT -5
Players say one thing but they almost always go where the most money is offered. So even if we would have had to pay $80M to actually get him, I think it would have been a lot better option.
I'm not even trying to say I'm being rational, it just sticks in my craw because I thought Grandal was the way to go all along. We needed a catcher really badly, worse than a 3B, and he covered the spot behind Freddie too. And would have been cheaper than JD. I just think it sucks that to me Grandal was a better fit for our needs and somebody else got him for what could be $37M less than we sign JD for.
Dude... I feel ya on this. I campaigned all the time for a catcher. I wanted to try for Realmuto and then go Grandal if the price was too high. Funny thing though that some here poo-poo'ed my desire for a catcher which would have somewhat eliminated our desire to take a risk with JD. Yeah we wouldn't have need JD. And the catcher's position was a glaring need. Oh well.
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Post by Fumbduckery on Jan 7, 2020 0:19:15 GMT -5
Donaldson's stock has taken a big hit since I released my study on how stiff he is. He'll be lucky to get a contract at all now. lolol he's still going to get a contract that is probably a risk for the club offering it, and your stiff comments were hardly a study... more like something made up on a whim. I thought his calculations were pretty convincing:
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Post by keystone61 on Jan 7, 2020 7:46:22 GMT -5
lolol he's still going to get a contract that is probably a risk for the club offering it, and your stiff comments were hardly a study... more like something made up on a whim. I thought his calculations were pretty convincing:
Exactly! Folks are poo-pooing it simply because they don't understand it, but you get it. |
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Post by keystone61 on Jan 7, 2020 7:57:41 GMT -5
That is one Badhaircut, folks! :format(webp)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/66039398/1173508129.jpg.0.jpg) |
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Post by Fumbduckery on Jan 7, 2020 9:53:58 GMT -5
He’s going to be that guy in his sixties who is bald on top and has a pony tail or a rat tail in the back.
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Post by keystone61 on Jan 7, 2020 10:02:58 GMT -5
He’s going to be that guy in his sixties who is bald on top and has a pony tail or a rat tail in the back. Probably.....LMAO. Kinda hard for me to relate to that stuff. I was never a hair guy. With the exception of a brief time during the disco age, I've always just cut the sheet when it starts bugging me. Some guys are all about the hair....not me. |
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Post by Fumbduckery on Jan 7, 2020 10:08:42 GMT -5
I had real long hair into my late 30’s but I’ve been buzzing it with no guard for 20 years now.
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Post by Hart's Middle Finger on Jan 7, 2020 11:35:16 GMT -5
You forgot to add " = STIFF " to the end of that equation.
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Post by keystone61 on Jan 7, 2020 11:45:27 GMT -5
You forgot to add " = STIFF " to the end of that equation. Yeah, I need to correct that. |
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Post by keystone61 on Jan 7, 2020 13:04:17 GMT -5
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Post by Fumbduckery on Jan 7, 2020 13:31:45 GMT -5
I've read that before.
It's not that I don't want him on the team, just don't like the cost and the risk.
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Post by Fumbduckery on Jan 7, 2020 13:34:30 GMT -5
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